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Ireland v Scotland: Facts & Figures

We look at some of the facts and figures ahead of next weekend's trio of Ireland v Scotland Six Nations matches - Friday's Under-20 duel in Netherdale, the Triple Crown clash for the Women's team on Saturday and the headline act at Murrayfield on Sunday afternoon.

- Scotland's only three wins in the Under-20 Six Nations since 2009 have all been against Italy

- The Ireland Under-20s' last five encounters in the Six Nations have all been won by the home side on the day

- Ireland's only away win in their last four games in this competition was 13-12 over France in Grenoble in round 2 last year

- Scotland have won only one of their nine previous encounters with the Ireland Under-20s: 35-20 at McDiarmid Stadium in Perth in March 2009

- Centre Tom Daly, who slotted the match-winning conversion for Ireland against England last time out, is currently the fourth top points scorer in the Championship with 18 points (1 try, 2 conversions and 3 penalties)

- Scotland ended a four-match losing run with their 34-10 victory over Italy at Murrayfield two weeks ago

- The Scots have not won two of their first three games in an RBS 6 Nations campaign since 2006, and have been victorious in round three just twice since 2002: in 2006 and 2009

- Ireland lost their most recent RBS 6 Nations match 12-6 to England but have not lost back-to-back games in the Championship since 2008

- The last time that Ireland lost the middle game in an RBS 6 Nations campaign was way back in 2001: 32-10 to Scotland at Murrayfield

- Scotland's only win in their last eleven RBS 6 Nations clashes with Ireland was 23-20 at Croke Park in 2010

- Ireland have won on their last five visits to Murrayfield in the tournament

ON THE PITCH

- Scotland are the top try scorers in the 2013 RBS 6 Nations so far with six, four of these tries have originated from their own half. This despite the fact Scotland have made the fewest carries (146) of all nations

- Scotland have the best goal-kicking rate in the tournament so far, converting 90% of their attempts at goal (nine out of 10, all by Greig Laidlaw)

- Ireland have completed 92% of their tackles in the competition so far, a better rate than any other side

- Stuart Hogg is the top metre-maker in the tournament so far (201); he is also the only player to cross for more than one try (2)

- Ireland will be missing the competition's top tackler for this match; the suspended Cian Healy has completed all 27 tackles he has attempted

- Kelly Brown has won six turnovers in his 150 minutes of action so far, more than any other player in the 2013 RBS 6 Nations